National briefs

Woodside
has refused to be drawn on the filing of a defamation suit by former executive Jill Mustard, who is suing it over statements made by former chief executive
Don Voelte
to an oil and gas conference last year. Natalie Gerritsen

Proposals to give cruise ships greater access to berth at Sydney’s Garden Island Naval Base “may not warrant the massive capital investment and major capability implications" that would arise from dislocating the navy, a report has found. Zoë Fielding

Shops in Adelaide’s CBD will be able to trade over the Easter long weekend after the state government passed reforms to South Australia’s shop trading legislation yesterday. Stores will be able to trade on all public holidays except Good Friday, Christmas Day and Anzac Day morning. Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve will become public holidays between 7pm and midnight. Lucille Keen

Australia Post is taking Digital Post Australia to court over its name. Earlier this month, DPA, owned by
Salmat
and
Computershare
, announced it would provide a free “digital postbox" service. Australia Post then made a similar announcement about two weeks later. Jason Murphy